John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced a strong performance in Thomson
Reuters® 2015 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) release. A total of 1,200
Wiley titles (approximately 70%) were indexed, with 11 titles indexed
for the first time. Our strength as a society partner is also clearly in
evidence, with over 73% of society titles at Wiley achieving an Impact
Factor. In 2014, Wiley journals were indexed in 217 of 232 JCR subject
categories. Of these, 24 Wiley journals achieved a top category rank,
with 240 titles within the top ten of their subject category.
Highlights
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1,200 Wiley journals now have an Impact Factor
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24 Wiley journals received a top category rank
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240 Wiley Journals achieved a top ten category rank
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Wiley titles now account for the largest share of journals in 36
categories
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12% of all citations in the JCR are to Wiley titles
Wiley’s portfolio continues to be strong across both science and social
sciences with Wiley journals accounting for the largest share of
journals, citations and articles across 14 categories. In the Social
Science JCR Wiley journals accounted for the second largest proportion
of journals and citations overall.
‘Wiley is proud to work alongside editors, authors and society partners
whose talents advance the global pool of knowledge each year,’ said
Philip Carpenter, Executive Vice President, Research, Wiley. ‘These
results reflect the dedication of the research community in partnership
with Wiley and a combined commitment to furthering research outcomes.’
The prestigious Reviews of Geophysics (published on
behalf of the American Geophysical Union) increased its Impact Factor by
42% to 14.800 – placing it firmly at the top of its subject category. Ageing
Cell is also first in the Geriatrics and Gerontology Category
with an Impact Factor of 6.340
Another successful story for the Advanced Materials journal
family in 2015 with Advanced Materials Impact Factor
increasing 14% to 17.493; Advanced Materials continues
its top ten rankings in six different ISI subject categories. Advanced
Functional Materials strengthens its standing as a leading
full-paper general materials science journal with its further increased
2014 Impact Factor of 11.805. Advanced Optical Materials received
its first ever Impact Factor of 4.062 while Advanced Energy
Materials continues its commitment to publish premier energy-related
studies with a third Impact Factor of 16.146.
Journal of Communication saw a 52% increase from 2.076 to 3.160,
placing it in the number one spot in the Communication category.
83% of the journals published out of our Asia-Pacific offices now have
an Impact Factor including the following top ten ranked journals:
International Journals of Mental Health Nursing, Drug and
Alcohol Review, Australian Grape and Wine Research, Australian Journal
of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Reviews in Aquaculture,
Geriatrics and Gerontology International, Asia Pacific Journal of Human
Resources and Regulation and Governance.
Impact Factors are a metric that reflect the frequency that
peer-reviewed journals are cited by researchers, and are often used as a
tool for evaluating a journal’s quality.
Highlights in Physical Sciences:
Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (4.925) now
tops all four categories in which it is listed: Computer Science,
Interdisciplinary Applications; Construction & Building Technology;
Engineering, Civil; and Transportation Science and Technology. Other
publications to rank at number one in their category this year include Wiley
Interdisciplinary Reviews – Computational Molecular Science (11.885)
which continues to lead the Mathematical and Computational Biology
category with a 31% increase, International Journal of Robust and
Nonlinear Control (3.176) is the number one title in the
Mathematics, Applied category (also fourth in the Automation & Control
Systems category) and International Journal of Energy Research
in the Nuclear Science & Technology category (2.418). Navigation achieved
its first Impact Factor, a respectable 0.562 as did Energy
Technologywith an Impact Factor of 2.824. Journals with notable
increases in Impact Factor growth includeParticle & Particle Systems
Characterization (+474% / 3.081), Biofactors (+53%
/ 4.592), Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (+45% /3.318), Fuel
Cells (+35% /2.080), Annalen der Physik (+205%
/3.048), International Journal for Numerical Methods in
Biomedical Engineering (+133% /2.052), and International
Journal of Intelligent Systems (+133% /1.886). Earthquake
Engineering and Structural Dynamics (+118% /2.305) now ranks at
number four in the Engineering, Geological category.
Several journals continue to occupy leading rankings including Medicinal
Research Reviews (8.482) which ranks second in Medicinal Chemistry
and Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics (3.13)
which is ranked second in the Mathematics, Applied category and third in
the Mathematics category. Mass Spectrometry Reviews (7.709) retains
its number two position in Spectroscopy as does Advanced
Synthesis & Catalysis (5.663) which continues its standing
as second in the Applied Chemistry category. Journal of the Royal
Statistical Society: Series B (3.515) is ranked fourth in the
Statistics & Probability category.
In chemistry, Wiley/Wiley-VCH publishes 45 journals in close relation
with societies. ChemPubSoc Europe represents 16 European
Chemistry Societies. Its 11 journals saw a significant increase in
citations, over 400% in the last ten Years. The Impact Factor
of its flagship journal Chemistry – A European Journal remained
above five for the ninth consecutive year, rising to 5.731 and its
five-year Impact Factor of 5.635 is its highest ever score. The Impact
Factor of ChemSusChem increased to 7.657; the highest score
since the journal started publication in 2008.
The Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES) represents 13 major Asian
Chemistry Societies. Its flagship journal Chemistry – An Asian
Journal had its Impact Factor rise by 16 % to an all-time high of
4.587. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry has received its
first full (two-year) Impact Factor of 3.318. This is almost a 45 %
increase over the partial Impact Factor from 2013 and shows how the AsianJOC has
been embraced by the community in less than three years as a top organic
chemistry journal.
Angewandte Chemie –the flagship journal of the Gesellschaft
Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh, German Chemical Society) is on the rise. In
2014 more articles than ever were published (2,405), many more total
cites were recorded (242,023) and a rising five-year Impact Factor
(12.06; 2-yr: 11.261) demonstrates the leading role of the journal.
Highlights in Social Sciences and Humanities:
Wiley publishes 425 ranked titles within the Social Science JCR
categories and 18% (75 titles) are ranked within the top ten of their
respective categories, achieving 97 top ten rankings. Wiley publishes
the top ranked journal in five of the Social Science JCR categories,
including Business, Finance; Psychology, Educational; Communications;
Family Studies; and Substance Abuse. Wiley titles received 14% of the
citations in the social science JCR.
Three titles received an Impact Factor for the first time in 2014
including History and Theory, and Global Strategy
Journal. History and Theory debuted in the top ten of
the History category andGlobal Strategy Journal’s Impact Factor of 3.694
places it in the top 20 of the Management category.
Wiley’s Social Sciences and Humanities titles received several notable
increases, including Journal of Communication which saw a
52% increase from 2.076 to 3.160, placing it in the number one spot in
the Communication category. International Journal of Management
Reviews saw a 44% increase from 2.673 to 3.857, landing it in the
top ten of the Business category. Developing World Bioethics went
up 41% from 1.457 to 2.054 and is now ranked second in the categories of
Ethics and Medical Ethics. European Journal of Personality went
up 51% from 2.213 to 3.347, it is now ranked fourth in Psychology,
Social. Reading Research Quarterlyincreased by 74% from
1.650 to 2.884 entering the Education & Educational Research top ten at
number six. Hastings Center Report saw a 56% increase from
1.080 to 1.684, placing it in the top ten in both the Ethics category
and the Biomedical, Social Sciences category.
Highlights in Life Sciences:
Seventy-six journals in Life Sciences achieved a top ten ranking in
2014. Wiley publishes the top ranked journal in 11 of the Life Science
JCR categories, including Geriatrics & Gerontology, Geochemistry &
Geophysics, Paleontology, Biology, Fisheries Category, Biodiversity
Conservation, Agronomy, Physical Geography, Ornithology Category,
Limnology, Zoology Category.
Two Life Science journals have received their first Impact Factor this
year, MicrobiologyOpen and Brain and Behavior.
Wiley’s Life and Earth Sciences titles received notable increases,
including Conservation Letters which saw an increase to
7.241 and now ranked third in Conservation. Wildlife Monographs increased
from 2.750 to 5.2 placing it in the number one ranking in the Zoology
category. In the Physiology category Comprehensive Physiology increased
to 5.739 from 1.688 and moving to eighth place ranking. Land
Degradation and Development increased in Impact Factor from 2.058 to
3.094, climbing to third place in the Soil Sciences subject category.
Developmental Biology Impact Factor has risen to 3.689 from 1.414 and is
now ranked eighth in the developmental Biology category.
Highlights in Health Sciences:
Wiley’s Health Sciences division publishes 320 ranked titles, with 46
journals achieving a top-10% category rank. Both Journal of
Advanced Nursing (1.741) and Worldviews on
Evidence-Based Nursing (2.381) now appear in the top ten
in Nursing. In the Veterinary Sciences category, three of the four top
journals are Wiley journals including Transboundary and Emerging
Diseases which is now the number one ranked journal in this category
with an Impact Factor of 2.944. Addiction remains number one
within the Substance Abuse category in the Social Sciences and number
two within the Sciences with an Impact Factor of 4.738.Addiction
Biology remains the number one journal in Substance Abuse category
within the Sciences with an Impact Factor of 5.359.
Wiley is again the leading Publisher in Dentistry, Oral Surgery and
Medicine with 24 of the 87 ranked titles, and five journals in the top
ten in their category. Journal of Clinical Periodontology has
increased its ranking to second in the category with an Impact
Factor of 4.01. Clinical Oral Implants Research has moved up
to third place, Periodontology 2000 is now fifth and Clinical
Implant Dentistry and Related Research has moved to seventh in the
category. International Endodontic Journal is now ranked
ten, an improvement on its 2013 ranking of 16.
Of the 153 journals in the Medicine, General & Internal category, the Cochrane
Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is ranked 13, with a new
Impact Factor of 6.032. The total number of times the CDSR was cited
increased from 39,856 in 2013, to 43,592 meaning the CDSR receives the
sixth highest number of citations in its category.
The journals published on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology
are in the top five of the Rheumatology category.Arthritis Care &
Research’s Impact Factor has increased to 4.713 ranking it fifth in
the category. Arthritis & Rheumatology (indexed
under its old title Arthritis & Rheumatism) is now
ranked third out of 32 journals, achieving an Impact Factor of 7.764.
In the Health Policy Services category, Wiley has three of the top ten
journals, Milbank Quarterly, Health Services
Research andHealth Expectations. The Journal of
the American Geriatrics Society remains the number two journal in
the Gerontology category with an Impact Factor of 4.572.
In Dermatology, Wiley has four journals in the top ten. This includes
the British Journal of Dermatology which increased its
Impact Factor to 4.275 and is now ranked sixth with 20,484 cites.
In the Nursing category, Wiley has seven journals in the top 20 and two
in the top ten. This includes Worldviews in Evidence-Based
Nursing which sits third and Journal of Advanced Nursing which
is eighth in the Social Sciences.
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